Child&#39;s feeding device.



W. H. ELDRDGE.

CHILDS FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICAUON FILED APR.9.1911.

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WILLIAM H. ELDRIDGE, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

cHILns IEEDING DEVICE.

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Application led April 9, 1917. Serial No. 160,615. g Y i To @ZZ/whom tmay concern.' i

Be it known that I, lVILLiaiyIl-I. ELDRIDG 1, a citizen of .the UnitedStates, residing at Gmaha, in the county of 'Douglasand viltate of`Nebraska, yhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in?Childrensleeding Devices, of which the folloivingis a specification. M g

'This invention relates to Ya childs feeding device for use in-connection w.ith`a cha-ir., table or othersupport, for `veryyo-ungchildren, and has forits objectto provide a flat fasting of suitableform to provide a shallow, circular receptacle or plate for kcontainingfood and a 'circular .recess or holder for a drinking-cup, thecasting tobeprovided with grooves in its bottom so arranged. that a clampingdevice may be conveniently attached for -securing it to the support.

'E he invention consists of the novel cons struction, combination vandarrangement of parts as described herein Vand claimed, and asillustrated in the drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 `is a plan vieiv of a childs dining chair, with thedevice'vapplied, the loop of the clamping fdevice engaging the .convene`tional rail of the swing-shelf. F ig. Q-is a plan view showinga partfofa flat table-top or leaf with the device appliedlthereto. Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional View through the plate and cup-holder, .taken onylinevS of Fig. 2. Fig. e is anenlargedfsectional view on line he ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. Gis a bottomplan view of the clamp. Fig.V 'Y is an edge- Referring now to thedrawing for amore )articular descri tion I rovide a. castin 7 8 ofporcelain or other suitable material havl ing a fiatl bot-tom and a topparallel with the bott-om, said'casting being provided with a circularrecess 9 opening on its top and a lesser circular recess 10 adjacentthereto, both opening on the top 'of the casting, the main recess 9operating as a container for food and having an undercut concaved Wall'as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the lesser recess 10 operating asa holder for a drinking cup 11.

The device may be secured on a table having a flat top 12 or upon theshelf 13 of a childs chair 1e having a railing 15,'and may beheld insuch manner that it will not be detached by action'of a child, but maybe readily removed by a person in charge, and for this purpose that partof the casting below the main recess 9 has' an adequate 1 thickness sothat a circular recess 16 may be v formed 'therein to open upon ,itsbottom, its

inner Wall 17 being undercut as best-shown in Figs. 3 and el. 'yNumerals, 178, 19 and 20 indica-te radiallydisposed Eeliannels or slots`having undercut Walls 2191.(Fig.; 7), said Acl'ia'nnels openinguponrtlie annular 4recess 16, the bottom', and outer,- circulary Wall,of the casting, and preferably; dispo-sedfQOlde grees apart.; Y

It will be-understood that the circular,

recess and channels arefor use in securing the .device to a support-when.used .gin connection with a suitable clamp. rl'lie clamp 22 yconsists`of'a pieceyof'sprino` ivjirefor Vother similar `metallic strandbent.midway be tweenits, ends to provide .a circular loop 23 and a fpairof adjacent, outwardly..projecting arms 24, said` arms, outwardly of theloop, being bent to provide apair of up-v wardly projecting Aloops25each ofzsaid last named 'loops being provided with an inf Wardlyprojecting armf with 1an angularly disposed ,terminal'QT n 'l' he armsl@tof the ,clamp .are normally disposed oiitivardivdivergent, and inaperturet'he clamp may be `disposed with its loop engaging the undercutWall 17 of the-annular groeve l16, its arms 24 `engaging vthe undercutwalls 1950i?. ana7 one of .the .channels ofthe casting, the palr'of'loops 25 `engaging jtherailing 15of a shelf 13, the

arms y2G projectingbeneath .the chair-shelf for engaging itsfternnnal Q7l with the Vbottom of the shelf.

According to the construction described. it

.. willbe seenrtha-t the flat bot-tom `of thecasting may engage the flattop of a table, shelfv or leaf, since the recess and channels mentionedprovide a mounting for the Wire in the plane of the casting.

if the device is used upon a table having no railing the pair of loops2,5 do not discharge any function 'except operating as springs, but onaccount o-f the provision of said loops 25 the device may be readilyse'- cured to either chairs or tables. l

When mounting the device upon a chair or table, the clamp is firstdisposed in the circular recess 16 and one of the channels, the arms 24being moved toward each other against the force vof the spring-loop 23so that they may enter the channel.A By action of the spring theundercut Walls 17 and 2l will be engagedrespectively by the circularloop 23 and arms By ap plying a limited degree of pressure, the arms 26may be swung downwardly a sufficient distance to permit the device to bedisposed as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3 or il, their terminal, angular parts27 normally being pressed against the bottom of the support on accountof the resilient action of the Wire or strand,

lt Will be seen that by use of the device, the cup may be disposed atthe right or left side or as shown in Fig. 2, the cup may be disposed atthe front of a child when sitting at a table.

While l have explained detailed construction l do not vvish to beunderstood as limiting myself in this respect, nor to size, form,proportion or material to be employed, the scope of the invention beingdetermined by the appended claims.

l/Vhat l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis,-

l. A childs feeding device consisting of a flat casting having a maincircular recess and a lesser circular recess each opening on its top toprovide respectivelyT a receptacle for containing food and a holder fora cup, and having a groove and channels With un dercut Walls openingonits bottom to provide bearings for a Wire clamp for securing it to asupport.

2. A childs feeding device consisting of a flat casting provided With arecess of greater area and adjacent thereto With a recess of lesserarea, each recess being circular in plan and the recess of greater areahaving an undercut Wall, said casting being provided to open on itsbottom and sides With channels to provide bearings for a clamping memberfor use in securing the device to a support.

3. A childs feeding device comprising a casting having a fiat bottomWith a circular groove opening thereon with an undercut inner Wall andprovided With radially disposed channels having undercut Walls openingon the groove and projecting radially therefrom to open on the bottomand sides of the casting to provide bearings, in combination With saidgroove, for the arms and loop of a clamping device, the top of saidcasting being provided to open thereon with a circular recess having anundercut Wall for use as a food receptacle, and having a secondcircular' recess opening thereon to provide a holder for a cup orsimilar article.

4r. A childs feeding device consisting a casting having a pair ofshallow circular recesses adjacent to each other and of diiferent areasopening on its top, said casting being provide-dvvith a circular grooveopening on its bottom and having channels opening on said groove and itsside Walls, the Wallsy of said channels and the inner Wall of saidgroove' being undercut for engagement, respectively, With the arms andthe loop of a clamping device for securing said feeding device on atable or other support.

5. A childs feeding device comprising a casting having a fiat bottomwith a circular groove opening thereon with an undercut inner vvall andprovided with radially disposed channels having undercut Walls openingon the groove and projecting radially therefrom to open on the bottomand sides of the casting to provide bearings, in coinbination with saidgroove, for the arms and loop of a clamping device, the top of saidcasting being provided to open thereon with a circular recess having anundercut Wall for use as a food receptacle, and having a second circularrecess opening thereon adjacent to the first named recess to provide aholder for a cup or similar article, said radially disposed channelsbeing disposed substantially 90 degrees apart.

:in testimony whereof, l have affixed my signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

LLIAM H. ELDRDGE.

lVit-nesses: v

An'rninn H. STURGES, HIRAM A. STURGES.

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